Died on
Who died on February 27
85 figures who shaped history died on February 27.
- 85deaths
- 56events
Best known
Best known
Vasily I of Moscow
Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425
Pau Claris i Casademunt
Catalan lawyer & clergyman
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton
English politician
John Evelyn
English writer, gardener and diarist
Samuel Parris
American minister in Salem
John Arbuthnot
Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London
Vasily I of Moscow — Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425, who died on February 27 1425.
Pau Claris i Casademunt — Catalan lawyer & clergyman, who died on February 27 1641.
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton — English politician, who died on February 27 1699.
John Evelyn — English writer, gardener and diarist, who died on February 27 1706.
Samuel Parris — American minister in Salem, who died on February 27 1720.
John Arbuthnot — Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London, who died on February 27 1735.
All entries
- 640PPepin of LandenMayor of the Palace of Austrasia under King Dagobert I
- 906CConrad, Duke of Thuringia9th century Thuringian ruler
- 956
Theophylact of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 933 to 956 - 1167RRobert of Melun12th-century English theologian and Bishop of Hereford
- 1416EEleanor of Castilequeen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363)
- 1483
William VIII of MontferratMarquess of Montferrat - 1558
Johann Faber of HeilbronnCatholic preacher and author - 1558KKunigunde of Brandenburg-KulmbachMargravine of Baden-Durlach
- 1659HHenry DunsterAnglo-American Puritan clergyman and the first president of Harvard College
- 1712SSir William Villiers, 3rd BaronetEnglish politician
- 1784
Count of St. Germain18th-century European adventurer and intellectual - 1795
Tanikaze KajinosukeJapanese sumo wrestler - 1844
Nicholas BiddleAmerican financier - 1887
Alexander BorodinRussian Romantic composer, physician, and chemist - 1892
Louis Vuitton (designer)French malletier - 1902
Breaker MorantBritish officer executed for war crimes - 1921
Schofield HaighEnglish cricketer - 1931
Chandra Shekhar AzadIndian revolutionary and freedom fighter - 1936
Joshua W. AlexanderAmerican politician - 1936
Ivan PavlovRussian physiologist - 1937
Charles Donnelly (poet)Irish poet and activist - 1937
Hosteen KlahNavajo artist, medicine person, and weaver - 1937EEmily Malbone MorganSocial and religious leader
- 1943
Kostis PalamasGreek poet - 1956
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar20th-century Indian politician - 1964
Orry-KellyAustralian-American Hollywood costume designer - 1968
Frankie LymonAmerican singer - 1969
Marius BarbeauCanadian ethnographer - 1973
Bill EverettAmerican comic book artist - 1977
John Dickson CarrAmerican mystery novelist and playwright
- 1980
George TobiasAmerican actor - 1985
Ray EllingtonEnglish musician and bandleader - 1985
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.American politician and diplomat - 1985
J. Pat O'MalleyEnglish actor - 1986
Jacques PlanteCanadian ice hockey player - 1987
Bill Holman (cartoonist)American cartoonist - 1987
Franciszek BlachnickiPolish Catholic priest - 1989
Konrad LorenzAustrian zoologist
- 1992
S. I. HayakawaCanadian-American academic and politician - 1993
Lillian GishAmerican actress - 1998
George H. HitchingsNobel Prize-winning American doctor - 1998
J. T. WalshAmerican actor - 1999
Horace TapscottAmerican jazz pianist and composer - 2002
Spike MilliganIrish comedian and writer - 2003
John LanchberyEnglish ballet conductor and composer - 2003
Fred RogersAmerican television host and author - 2004YYoshihiko AminoJapanese Marxist historian and public intellectual
- 2004
Paul SweezyAmerican Marxist economist - 2006
Otis ChandlerAmerican newspaper publisher - 2006
Robert Lee Scott Jr.Brigadier General in the United States Air Force - 2006
Linda Smith (comedian)English comedian - 2007
Bernd Freytag von LoringhovenGerman military officer - 2008
William F. Buckley Jr.American conservative author and commentator - 2008
Myron CopeAmerican sports journalist - 2008
Ivan RebroffGerman singer - 2010
Nanaji DeshmukhIndian social reformer - 2011
Frank BucklesAmerican World War I veteran and supercentenarian - 2011
Necmettin ErbakanPrime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997 - 2011
Duke SniderAmerican baseball player - 2011
Gary WinickAmerican filmmaker - 2012
Ma JiyuanChinese warlord - 2012
Tina StrobosDutch resistance member - 2012
Helga VlahovićCroatian journalist, producer and television personality - 2013
Van CliburnAmerican pianist - 2013
Ramon DekkersDutch professional Dutch Kickboxer fighter and kickboxer - 2013
Dale RobertsonAmerican actor - 2013
Adolfo ZaldívarChilean politician - 2014
Aaron AllstonAmerican science fiction writer and game designer - 2014
Terry RandAmerican basketball player - 2015
Boris NemtsovRussian scientist, statesman, and politician - 2015
Leonard NimoyAmerican actor - 2015
Julio César StrasseraArgentine lawyer and jurist - 2016
Lee Cheol-seungSouth Korean politician - 2016JJames Z. DavisAmerican judge
- 2018SSteve FolkesAustralian rugby league player and coach
- 2019
France-Albert RenéPresident of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004 - 2021
Ng Man-tatHong Kong actor - 2023
Gérard LatortuePrime Minister of Haiti from 2004 to 2006 - 2025
Boris SpasskyRussian chess grandmaster
Frequently asked questions
Who died on February 27?
85 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 27, including Vasily I of Moscow, Pau Claris i Casademunt, Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 27?
56 documented historical events happened on February 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the regency of Mary of Guise (pictured). On the same day, in another year: Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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